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ArticleBritish dental journal2020

Minimum intervention dentistry in the US: an update from a cariology perspective.

Constanza E Fernández, Carlos González-Cabezas, Margherita Fontana

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Article in British dental journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cariology-Competency Teaching Among Latin American Dental Schools Implementing the Regional Curriculum Framework: COM-B Analysis.European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Constanza E FernándezCariology Unit, Department of Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca, Chile.
Carlos González-CabezasDepartment of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Margherita FontanaDepartment of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. mfontan@umich.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite evidence strongly supporting use of non-invasive or minimally invasive procedures in caries management, there is still a large gap between evidence-based recommendations and application of these concepts in practice, with the practice of dentistry still largely dominated by invasive procedures in the US. This paper describes efforts in education and clinical practice in the US in the last decade to promote evidence-based cariology strategies, which support a minimum intervention dentistry (MID) philosophy. These include, for example: a competency-based core cariology curriculum framework which has been developed and disseminated. National education accreditation standards supporting caries management are likely to soon be changed to support assessment of best evidence in cariology. There are several ongoing efforts by organised dentistry and other groups involving dental educators, researchers and clinical practitioners to promote cariology concepts in practice, such as the development of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for caries management by the American Dental Association. Within each of these strategies there are challenges, but also opportunities to expand the implementation of MID in the US, which create optimism for future improvements over time.

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Dental CariesEducation, DentalCurriculumDentistryHumansUnited States

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